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| Help and Advice Needed: Cary Audio SLP-05 Preamp RMA Disaster I have a similar situation at the moment. On the DAC - some DAC’s, mine is one, are designed to be used fully balanced to maximize their performance. Mine uses two DAC chips providing the best performance. I’ve tried mine with RCA / unbalanced ... | |
| Help and Advice Needed: Cary Audio SLP-05 Preamp RMA Disaster Hi Josh, I don’t have any experience with Cary but I just got a Zesto Leto Preamp to pair with my SS Krell 300 XD Duo. I’ve got a MHDT Balanced Pagoda DAC. I have a similar issue, there is a hum when I use the DAC and even with volume set as lo... | |
| Mid-fi tube vs high-end SS Wow - great thread where the OP has gotten a lot of advice, guidance and opinions. I’ve been down the road of trying to figure out if I prefer Tube or SS for amps and Pre’s. I don’t proclaim to be an expert but have been lucky enough to have p... | |
| Digital gain vs analog gain This is a really interesting thread. I recently decided to try a tube pre (Zesto Leto) in my set up. It pairs with my balanced DAC (MHDT Pagoda), SS Amp (Krell XD Duo), Alta Audio Alec’s and the streaming is handled by a Auralic Aries G1 streame... | |
| Streamer/DAC - Where is the value? 77Jovian - quieter, blacker background, less grain, more detail retrieval and more open. I have an upgraded power supply in the G1 as well. Tough to really do an a/b comparison as with either the Lumin or G1 you have to open the unit up, take th... | |
| Streamer/DAC - Where is the value? This question gets debated quite often on this forum and others. Seems to be 2 camps on streaming / DAC and which is more important. Most fall into the dac having a bigger impact. I don’t sit in either camp, I think it all matters, can make a d... | |
| My last Integrated Amp: $5-10,000? You’ve got a great list and choices that have been presented. So much will depend on your personal preference and set / speakers. Based on the list and comments that you like tubes but don’t want to fuss with them, the class A options are li... | |
| Krell Illusions ii / Krell duo 300xd to a Gryphon Diablo 300 integrated an upgrade? Audiotroy - thanks for the comments and recommendations - I’m in the North East, I’ll give you a call to talk through some options on a streamer / server. thanks, | |
| Krell Illusions ii / Krell duo 300xd to a Gryphon Diablo 300 integrated an upgrade? Thanks yyzsantabarbara - eery how similar our paths have been, similarities on what we’ve run for gear. I love the Krell Amp - didn’t get a chance to compare the 300xd using the Krell Pre vs the CSiB as a pre with it. My memory of the CSiB being... | |
| Krell Illusions ii / Krell duo 300xd to a Gryphon Diablo 300 integrated an upgrade? Thanks for the feedback Audio Intellect, appreciate it. Would I need to upgrade my DAC as well? The streamer you are recommending seems to be out of the DAC I have currently’s weight class. | |
| Balanced versus single ended As many have stated, the design of the gear plays the biggest role in the differences heard from balanced and unbalanced. I have a fully balanced system from the streamer, the DAC which is specifically designed to perform best with an AES input b... | |
| Intergrated Amp suggestions for B&W 805d4 I’ve had the Primaluna Evo 400 integrated, Krell 300i and Coda CSIB in my system at the same time, was able to compare them, owned them. I didn’t have B&W speakers but did have Focal’s 1028be’s which share the same hyper detailed, somewhat fo... | |
| Does Anyone Buy Schiit for the Sake of Schiit? What a crazy Hobby this is. I haven’t had the pleasure of owning or hearing Schiit gear. I have read about the history of their company, products, concepts of how they bring products to market. Their model of using their technical expertise and... | |
| Suggestions for a streamer only (I have a great DAC) Based on the OP’s desire for simplicity in how to stream, incorporating Roon or a stand alone streamer with its own app / software are key. I’ve had a BS Node 2i, tried around 5-7 different DAC’s, streamed via a streamer, all in one boxes, used t... | |
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